KJV dictionary & concordance

guile

Meaning of “guile”

Deceit, treachery, fraud, or deceitful cunning used to mislead or entrap.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

11 occurrences11 verses7 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Exodus 21:14

Complete exact-word concordance

KJV PCE

But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Exodus 21:14 · retained source text

But if a man come presumptuously vpon his neighbour to slay him with guile, thou shalt take him from mine Altar, that he may die.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Craft; cunning; artifice; duplicity; deceit; usually in a bad sense.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 1, leaf 870